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  • Subject: Re: DD workstations (was General purpose "level break" logic for RPG.)
  • From: "kevinw" <kevinw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 9 Apr 1999 21:31:39 -0500

We used to loose a DD terminal (logic element) everytime a storm came
through town and flickered the power (rural electric service)... 3180s never
gave us that problem.


> At 03:00 PM 4/8/99 -0500, you wrote:
> >Did anyone else have the Decision Data smoking terminals?  Not fast, they
> just had a habit of starting to smoke.
> >
> I have had clients who bought DD workstations that exhibited the art of
> spontaneous combustion!  A neat thing.  DD usually did a full replacement.
> Their rebuilt parts HAD a reputation of not being very reliable.  I have
to
> clients (to my knowledge) with any DD workstations today.  I do have
> clients with DD printers, any many feel that they make superior medium to
> low end tractor driven printers.
>


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